TY - BOOK AU - Timmons,Jeffry A. TI - New venture creation: entrepreneurship for the 21st century SN - 0256115486 AV - HD62.5 .T55 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Burr Ridge, Ill. PB - Irwin KW - New business enterprises KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Entrepreneurship N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The entrepreneurial process -- The venture ideas -- Opportunity recognition -- Screening venture opportunities -- The entrepreneurial mind in thought and action -- The entrepreneurial manager -- The new venture team -- The family venture -- Personal ethics and the entrepreneur -- Resource requirements -- The what, whether, and why of the business plan -- Entrepreneurial finance -- Obtaining risk capital -- The deal: valuation, structure, and negotiation -- Obtaining debt capital -- Managing rapid growth -- The entrepreneur and the troubled company -- The harvest and beyond. ER -